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An editorial in Chinese state media says tweeting won't solve the North Korea crisis

Trump lashed out at China on Twitter for not stopping Kim Jong Un's missile program

(CNN)US President Donald Trump should stop conducting his international diplomacy on Twitter, Chinese state media said in a widely-published editorial, syndicated across the country.

"Trump is quite a personality, and he likes to tweet, however emotional venting cannot become the guidance for solving the nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula," said the editorial, first published on Xinhua Monday evening.

"Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk," he wrote Friday night. "We will no longer allow this to continue."

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In its editorial, Xinhua said it was "definitely irrational" to blame China for North Korea's missile launch.

"It is obvious to all the enormous efforts China has put to solve the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula ... China has no magic wand to solve the (problem)," the article said.

Instead, the widely disseminated editorial blamed the US for the increasing tensions with North Korea by flying bombers over South Korea and ignoring invitations to talks.

"It is urgent to stamp out the fire immediately on the Korean peninsula, not to add kindling, or even worse, to pour oil on the flames," the article said.

CNN has reached out to the White House for comment and has not yet received a response.

Trump's comments and the subsequent editorial come at a sensitive time in US, China relations.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a briefing to government staff Tuesday the United States was reaching a "pivot point" in its relationship with China.

"How do we ensure that economic prosperity to the benefit of both countries and the world can continue, and that where we have differences -- because we will have differences, we do have differences -- that we deal with those differences in a way that does not lead to open conflict," he said.